In two seasons with the Brewers, Travis Shaw has slugged 63 homers with 187 RBI and .844 OPS in 296 games.(Photo: Getty Images)

There will be no salary arbitration hearings for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2019.

The Brewers settled their remaining six cases Friday before the noon deadline for exchanging salary figures, coming to terms on one-year contracts with third baseman Travis Shaw, relievers Corey Knebel and Alex Claudio, right-handers Zach Davies and Junior Guerra, and catcher Manny Piña, whose deal included a 2020 club option.

At the outset of the off-season, the Brewers had 13 arbitration cases, but that figure was lowered to six by non-tenders, trades and earlier settlements.

"Karl Mueller and Matt Kleine lead our arbitration efforts and they did a tremendous job throughout the off-season working through what was a large and somewhat challenging arbitration caseload," general manager David Stearns said.

"We're pleased to get everyone signed. That's always the goal when you go into arbitration. You want everyone to be able to focus on baseball and that's where we are. Most of these cases go down to the deadline. That's just the nature of how negotiations work."

As expected, Shaw received the biggest raise in his first season of arbitration eligibility, agreeing to a $4.675 million salary, up from $567,400. Including a year-plus in Boston before being traded to Milwaukee before the 2017 season, Shaw, 28, accumulated 92 home runs, 294 RBI and .808 OPS in 506 games prior to arbitration.

In two seasons with the Brewers, Shaw has slugged 63 homers with 187 RBI and .844 OPS in 296 games.

"Travis deserves to be rewarded for the work he has done to this point in his career," Stearns said. "He has been a very important part of our team, offensively and defensively. The positional versatility he showed last year (moving to second base down the stretch) was extremely important to us and allowed us to structure our roster in a different way that made us a better team."

Shaw, 28, said negotiations between agent Joe Bick and the Brewers came right down to the noon deadline and was pleased with the settlement after three years at or near minimum salary.

"It was a pretty cool day," he said. "This was the first time going through it. It can be a little stressful but each side made some compromises and, thankfully, we were able to meet in the middle and get it done.

"I don't think anybody wants to go to a hearing. From what I've heard, it's a negative experience for both sides. When you finally get to this point, it's nice to get compensated more fairly for what you've done. It's a fair process. If you put up some good numbers, you get paid."

As for the talent the Brewers have returning from their NLCS squad, Shaw said, "We have a really good team coming back. The sky is the limit for this team. I'm sure David is still working the phone. There's a lot of excitement going into the year. Once you get that taste (of the postseason), you want to get back and get over that hump."

Guerra, Davies, Piña and Claudio, who was acquired in December from Texas, also were in their first year of eligibility, which always portends significant raises for the players. Players with between three and six years of service time in the majors are eligible for salary arbitration after playing the first three seasons under club terms.

Guerra, who turns 34 next week, settled for $2.225 million and has to be one of the oldest first-year arbitration players ever. He played all over the world to keep his career alive before joining the Brewers in 2016, making $554,800 last season, when he went 6-9 with a 4.09 ERA in 31 games, including 26 starts.

Davies was injured for much of 2018, when he made $572,000, but still received a pay raise to $2.6 million. He made only 13 starts, going 2-7 with a 4.77 ERA, and was left off the Brewers’ postseason rosters. Davies, 25, went 28-16 with a 3.94 ERA in 2016-'17, helping his case greatly.

Piña, who was sharing catching duties with Erik Kratz by the end of the ’18 season, settled for $1.6 million after making $560,100 last season. The 31-year-old played in 98 games, batting .252 with nine home runs, 28 RBI and .702 OPS.

Claudio, 26, who made $568,450 last season while pitching for the Rangers, received a $1.275 million salary. He went 4-2 with a 4.48 ERA in 66 appearances.

Knebel, 27, was in his second year of arbitration after being eligible last year as a “Super 2” player (in the top 22% of players between two and three years of service). His pay jumped from $3.65 million to $5.125 million after a season in which he went 4-3 with a 3.58 ERA in 57 appearances, with 16 saves and 88 strikeouts in 55⅓ innings.

The Brewers have not officially announced the signing of free-agent catcher Yasmani Grandal to a $18.25 million contract for 2019, which was revealed Wednesday night. That is expected to happen next week after Grandal, 30, undergoes a physical exam.

When Grandal’s deal becomes official, the Brewers will have 20 players under contract for ’19 at a total of about $112 million. That figure already represents the highest opening-day payroll in club history, surpassing $104 million in 2015, and doesn't include an additional $6 million in deferred compensation and buyouts, including $3 million to Aramis Ramirez, who was traded in 2015.

The Brewers stripped their payroll after that season while embarking on a large-scale rebuilding program. Their payroll was in the $60 million range the next two years before jumping to $91 million at the outset of 2018, a figure that jumped with several late-season acquisitions as the Brewers surged to the National League Central crown.

The Brewers also announced they signed right-hander Burch Smith to a minor-league deal with an invitation to big-league spring camp. Smith, 28, went 1-6 with a 6.92 ERA in 38 games last season for Kansas City, including six starts.

In another development, the team will hold a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony Feb. 12 at its newly renovated and expanded training facility, which is being renamed from Maryvale Baseball Park to "Brewers Fields of "Phoenix." The team is putting $60 million into that project and assuming operation of the complex.